Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress has strongly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his visit to West Bengal to assess the damages caused due to Cyclone Amphan.

Calling it ‘double standards’, the Karnataka Congress stated that the PM did not visit Karnataka, even when 90 people were dead due to the floods that hit the southern state last year.

“We stand in solidarity with cyclone affected WB. We condemn double standards of @narendramodi PM has responded by visiting WB for survey While he never visited Karnataka during floods & landslides Bengal may be having an election next year but people are suffering here as well,” Karnataka Congress tweeted.

Prime Minister Modi is visiting Bengal and Odisha to take stock of the situation after the Cycle Amphan hit the two states. As many as 80 people have died in West Bengal due to the cyclone.

It may be recalled that a total of 2,798 villages in 103 taluks of 22 districts in Karnataka were affected by rain and flood, last August. As many as 91 people lost their lives and about 3,400 heads of cattle perished.